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Weekend Box-Office: The Help Takes on All Comers – Stays On Top!
Despite the release of three new films, the competition paled in comparison to The Help, which entered a second week in the #1 slot…and for its third week made ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Our Idiot Brother
It’s good to be Paul Rudd these days. He is well-liked and gets to be in a fun late-summer release – Our Idiot Brother – with fellow actors who are likely his f...[Read More]
Movie Review: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
For the sake of pure disclosure, I’ve never seen the original television movie Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, mostly because it was a bit before my time. I did ho...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Help is on the Way!
It was a switcharoo at the box office this weekend: The Help took the top spot from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, with neither film suffering too handily much...[Read More]
When Good Comics Turn Into Bad Movies: A Case Study of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Comic book characters in movies have been around for a very long time, though not since the age of the serials have they been in such high demand as they seem t...[Read More]
Movie Review: Fright Night
As the remake becomes more and more popular these days, you begin to hear people wonder why they are made in the first place when the original was fine to begin...[Read More]
Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian
No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, there are some people that are born to play a role; these actors become such a part of our cultural memory th...[Read More]
Movie Review: One Day
In the film One Day, Dex (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) spend an awkward night together after their graduation from the University of Edinburgh. He is ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Senna
Senna is a documentary about Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna of Brazil. Grainy archival film and video clips introduce us to a young, handsome, charismat...[Read More]
Ten Great Summer Grindhouse Movies
The proliferation of midnight/cult movie programming at movie theaters great and small during the summer months has made it easier to catch up with the classics...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Apes Still in Charge
Truly, the planet is going to the apes…Rise of the Planet of the Apes held the top spot for the second week in a row, earning an estimated $27.5 million in week...[Read More]
Movie Review: Final Destination 5
I have a theory about why Death works the way it does in the Final Destination series: it’s bored. It gives someone the ability to see what’s going to happen, a...[Read More]
